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“We're going to build the wall, and we're going to stop it. It's going to end,” Trump said at a campaign stop in March, referring to illegal immigration.

Abortion

“I am against abortion… and that is a tremendous amount of the work they do,” he said in regards to whether or not he is against defunding Planned Parenthood.

“I hate the concept of abortion,” Ban late abortions; exceptions for rape, incest or health.

Guns Control

“The right of self-defense doesn't stop at the end of your driveway. That's why I have a concealed carry permit and why tens of millions of Americans do too. That permit should be valid in all 50 states,” he wrote.

Foreign policy

“I don't want people coming in from the terror countries,” Trump told reporters on the links of his Turnberry golf club in Scotland.

“We need to protect all Americans, of all backgrounds and all beliefs, from Radical Islamic Terrorism – which has no place in an open and tolerant society,” Trump said.

Taxes

Trump did say that he would “eliminate job-killing regulations” and “have massive tax reform and simplification.”

In terms of taxes, Trump has said, “I know people making a tremendous amount of money and paying virtually no taxes, and I think it's unfair.”

“Veterans should be guaranteed the right to choose their doctor,” Mr. Trump said to the cheering crowd.

“Every veteran will get timely access to top quality medical care — every veteran,” Trump said during a campaign event in Virginia Beach.

Energy

Speaking in North Dakota, Trump announced his “America First” energy plan in which he said “American energy dominance will be declared a strategic economic and foreign policy goal of the United States.”

Trump pledged his support for the coal industry and said he supports renewable energy “but not to the exclusion of other forms of energy that right now are working much better.”

“I'm in favor of nuclear energy, very strongly in favor of nuclear energy,” Trump said.